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Challenges in Brain Death Determination and Apnea Testing for Patients with COVID-19

INTRODUCTION: Apnea testing remains essential for the clinical evaluation of brain death determination. In patients who test positive for SARS-CoV-2, disconnecting the patient from the ventilator and introducing high flow oxygen into the endotracheal tube increases the risk for aerosolization of air...

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Autores principales: Radaideh, Yazan, Garg, Rajeev, Abdalla, Amina A., Patel, Ankeet D, John, Sayona, Da Silva, Ivan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33254379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105419